A total of 36% of Americans say they approve of
the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 60% say they
disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job according to the latest
survey from the American Research Group. In January, 35% approved and
60% disapproved.

When
it comes to Trump's handling of the economy, 37% of Americans approve
and 57% disapprove. In January, 37% approved and 58% disapproved.

Among Americans registered to vote, 37% approve
of the way Trump is handling his job as president and 59% disapprove.
On Trump's handling of the economy, 38% of registered voters approve
and 56% disapprove.

While
there is little change in the overall results from January, the 60% of
Americans saying they disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job
are slightly more apt to say their household financial situations are
getting worse (38% in February compared to 26% in January) and that
they expect their household financial situations to be worse a year
from now (40% in February compared to 32% in January).

The results presented here are based on 1,100
completed interviews conducted among a nationwide random sample of
adults 18 years and older (see methodology
for details). The interviews were completed February 17 through 20,
2018.
The theoretical margin of error for the total sample is plus or minus
3 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is
evenly split.

Overall, 36% of Americans say that they approve of
the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, 60% disapprove,
and 4% are undecided.

Trump job
approval

Approve

Disapprove

Undecided

Feb 2018

36%

60%

4%

Jan 2018

35%

60%

5%

Dec 2017

34%

62%

4%

Nov 2017

35%

61%

4%

Oct 2017

34%

61%

5%

Sep 2017

35%

59%

6%

Aug 2017

33%

62%

5%

Jul 2017

35%

57%

8%

Jun 2017

37%

59%

4%

May 2017

39%

56%

5%

Apr 2017

39%

56%

5%

Mar 2017

41%

54%

5%

Feb 2017

43%

51%

6%

Among Republicans (28% of adults registered to
vote in the survey and 25% of all adults in the survey), 84% approve of
the way Trump is handling his job and 12% disapprove. Among Democrats
(34% of adults registered to vote in the survey and 31% of all adults
in the survey), 5% approve and 89% disapprove of the way Trump is
handling his job. Among independents (38% of adults registered to vote
in the survey and 34% of all adults in the survey), 31% approve and 68%
disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president.

Overall, 37% of Americans say that they approve of
the way Donald Trump is handling the economy, 57% disapprove, and 6%
are undecided. Among registered voters, 38% approve and 56% disapprove
of the way Trump is handling the economy.

Trump handling
the economy

Approve

Disapprove

Undecided

Feb 2018

37%

57%

6%

Jan 2018

37%

58%

5%

Dec 2017

34%

60%

6%

Nov 2017

36%

56%

8%

Oct 2017

34%

57%

9%

Sep 2017

37%

57%

6%

Aug 2017

36%

58%

6%

Jul 2017

41%

53%

6%

Jun 2017

40%

55%

5%

May 2017

42%

54%

4%

Apr 2017

43%

53%

4%

Mar 2017

42%

53%

5%

Feb 2017

43%

50%

7%

Among Republicans, 85% approve of the way Trump is
handling the economy and 11% disapprove. Among Democrats, 4% approve
of the way Trump is handling the economy and 88% disapprove. Among
independents, 35% approve and 61% disapprove of the way Trump is
handling the economy.

A total of 35% of Americans say that the national
economy is getting
better, 28% say it is staying the same, and 34% say the national
economy is getting worse.

National economy

Getting better

Staying the
same

Getting worse

Undecided

Feb 2018

35%

28%

34%

3%

Jan 2018

35%

27%

33%

5%

Dec 2017

34%

25%

36%

5%

Nov 2017

32%

41%

23%

4%

Oct 2017

33%

40%

23%

4%

Sep 2017

37%

41%

20%

2%

Aug 2017

35%

38%

23%

4%

Jul 2017

40%

34%

22%

4%

Jun 2017

37%

40%

16%

7%

May 2017

40%

40%

15%

5%

Apr 2017

43%

41%

14%

2%

Mar 2017

47%

38%

13%

2%

Feb 2017

31%

33%

34%

2%

Among those saying they approve of the way Trump
is handling his job, 91% say getting better, 8% say staying the same,
and less than 1% say getting worse. Of those saying they disapprove of
the way Trump is handling his job, 5% say getting
better, 40%
say staying the same, and 50% say getting worse.

A total of 35% of Americans say they believe the
national economy will be better a year from now, 17% say it will be the
same, and 38% say it will be worse.

National economy a year from now

Better than
today

The same as
today

Worse than
today

Undecided

Feb 2018

35%

17%

38%

10%

Jan 2018

37%

15%

39%

9%

Dec 2017

39%

15%

37%

9%

Nov 2017

42%

18%

31%

9%

Oct 2017

38%

14%

41%

7%

Sep 2017

41%

9%

46%

4%

Aug 2017

38%

2%

55%

5%

Jul 2017

40%

12%

39%

9%

Jun 2017

37%

17%

37%

9%

May 2017

40%

19%

35%

6%

Apr 2017

42%

20%

36%

2%

Mar 2017

39%

26%

32%

3%

Feb 2017

47%

20%

19%

14%

Among those saying they approve of the way Trump
is handling
his job, 91% say better, 6% say the same as today, and less than 1% say
worse
than today. Among those saying they disapprove of the way Trump is
handling his job as president, 5% say better, 24% say the same, and 60%
say worse.

Overall, 11% of Americans say they believe that
the national economy is in a recession, 61% say they do not believe the
economy is in a recession, and 28% are undecided.

National
economy in a recession

Yes

No

Undecided

Feb 2018

11%

61%

28%

Jan 2018

10%

63%

27%

Dec 2017

17%

61%

22%

Nov 2017

22%

57%

21%

Oct 2017

21%

56%

23%

Sep 2017

22%

60%

18%

Aug 2017

19%

71%

10%

Jul 2017

12%

81%

7%

Jun 2017

8%

80%

12%

May 2017

9%

76%

15%

Apr 2017

12%

70%

18%

Mar 2017

11%

63%

26%

Feb 2017

23%

53%

24%

Among those saying they approve of the way Trump
is handling his job, 6% say the national economy is in a recession,
81%
say the national economy is not in a recession, and 13% are undecided.
Of those saying they disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job,
14% say the national economy is in a recession, 52% say the national
economy is not in a recession, and 34% are undecided.

A total of 68% of Americans rate the national
economy as excellent, very good, or good and 27% rate it as bad, very
bad, or terrible.

National economy

Excellent

Very good

Good

Bad

Very bad

Terrible

Undecided

Feb 2018

17%

16%

35%

20%

5%

2%

5%

Jan 2018

16%

18%

35%

19%

5%

3%

4%

Dec 2017

9%

19%

39%

20%

5%

5%

3%

Nov 2017

7%

20%

47%

15%

4%

6%

1%

Oct 2017

7%

20%

49%

13%

2%

4%

5%

Sep 2017

5%

19%

47%

18%

2%

3%

6%

Aug 2017

8%

16%

50%

12%

4%

4%

6%

Jul 2017

6%

21%

50%

12%

6%

4%

1%

Jun 2017

10%

25%

39%

18%

4%

3%

1%

May 2017

8%

21%

40%

22%

4%

4%

1%

Apr 2017

9%

18%

39%

29%

1%

2%

2%

Mar 2017

9%

11%

46%

22%

4%

7%

1%

Feb 2017

4%

12%

37%

35%

4%

6%

2%

Among those saying they approve of the way Trump
is handling his job, 97% say very good, or good and 1% say bad, very
bad, or terrible. Among those saying they disapprove of the way Trump
is handling his job, 50% say very good, or good and 43% say bad, very
bad, or terrible.

When it comes to rating their household financial
situations, 76% of Americans give an excellent, very good, or good
rating and 18% give a bad, very bad, or terrible rating.

Household financial situation

Excellent

Very good

Good

Bad

Very bad

Terrible

Undecided

Feb 2018

11%

20%

45%

15%

2%

1%

6%

Jan 2018

13%

21%

43%

15%

3%

*

5%

Dec 2017

8%

20%

48%

14%

5%

4%

1%

Nov 2017

10%

15%

54%

12%

7%

1%

1%

Oct 2017

10%

17%

51%

105

6%

2%

4%

Sep 2017

16%

18%

46%

9%

6%

2%

3%

Aug 2017

17%

20%

46%

9%

2%

4%

2%

Jul 2017

16%

26%

46%

7%

2%

1%

2%

Jun 2017

7%

31%

43%

13%

1%

2%

3%

May 2017

5%

31%

46%

11%

1%

2%

3%

Apr 2017

6%

25%

48%

16%

1%

1%

3%

Mar 2017

5%

20%

59%

10%

2%

2%

2%

Feb 2017

3%

20%

40%

19%

6%

4%

8%

Among those saying they approve of the way Trump
is handling his job, 97% say excellent, very good, or good and 3% say
bad, very bad, or terrible. Among those saying they disapprove of the
way Trump is handling his job, 67% say very good, or good and 26% say
bad, very bad, or terrible.

A total of 20% of Americans say
they
think the financial situations in their households are getting better, 46% say staying the same, and 27% say getting worse.

Household financial situation

Getting better

Staying the
same

Getting worse

Undecided

Feb 2018

20%

46%

27%

7%

Jan 2018

18%

52%

22%

8%

Dec 2017

18%

53%

27%

2%

Nov 2017

18%

58%

21%

3%

Oct 2017

19%

56%

24%

1%

Sep 2017

23%

56%

18%

3%

Aug 2017

24%

54%

20%

2%

Jul 2017

26%

55%

16%

3%

Jun 2017

17%

56%

24%

3%

May 2017

16%

56%

25%

3%

Apr 2017

13%

65%

20%

2%

Mar 2017

5%

72%

22%

1%

Feb 2017

10%

57%

31%

2%

Among those saying they approve of the way Trump
is handling his job, 44% say getting better, 47% say staying the same,
and 6% say getting worse. Among those saying they disapprove
of the way Trump is handling his job, 7% say getting
better, 45% say staying the same, and 38% say getting worse.

Looking to a year from now, 27% of Americans say
that they think their household financial situations will be better
than today, 34% say the same as today, and 27% say worse than today.

Household financial situation a
year from now

Better than
today

The same as
today

Worse than
today

Undecided

Feb 2018

27%

34%

27%

12%

Jan 2018

26%

39%

23%

12%

Dec 2017

24%

38%

31%

7%

Nov 2017

27%

42%

29%

2%

Oct 2017

26%

36%

33%

5%

Sep 2017

30%

37%

29%

4%

Aug 2017

29%

38%

30%

3%

Jul 2017

33%

44%

19%

4%

Jun 2017

31%

36%

29%

4%

May 2017

29%

36%

31%

4%

Apr 2017

32%

36%

31%

1%

Mar 2017

25%

40%

34%

1%

Feb 2017

41%

37%

17%

5%

Among those saying they approve of the way Trump
is handling his job, 59% say better than today, 38% say the same as
today, and 3% say worse than today. Among those saying they disapprove
of the way Trump is handling his job, 10% say better than today, 33%
say the same as today, and 40% say worse than today.

About this Survey -

Survey Sponsor: American Research Group, Inc.

The American Research Group has been conducting
national surveys of consumers since 1985.

Sample Size: 1,100 completed interviews among a
random sample of all adults age 18 and older living in households in
the continental United States (see methodology
for details).

Sample Dates: February 17-20, 2018

Margin of Error: ± 3 percentage points, 95% of the
time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

Question Wording and Order:

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald
Trump is handling his job as president?

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald
Trump is handling the economy?

How do you rate the condition of the national
economy these days - would you say it is excellent, very good, good,
bad, very bad, or terrible?

Do you think the national economy is getting
better, staying the same, or getting worse?

Would you say that the national economy is in a
recession, or not?

A year from now, do you expect the national
economy to be better than it is today, the same as it is today, or
worse than it is today?

How do you rate the condition of the financial
situation in your household - would you say it is excellent, very good,
good, bad, very bad, or terrible?

Do you think the financial situation in your
household is getting better, staying the same, or getting worse?

A year from now, do you expect the financial
situation in your household to be better than it is today, the same as
it is today, or worse than it is today?